Chaeles ebel



UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' CHARLES EBEL, on NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND HENRY SIMERMEYER, on SAME PLACE.

HYDRANT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,895, dated October 4, 1881.

7 Application filed March 9, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES EBEL, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hydrants, of which the following is a specification. 7

The inventionconsistsin connecting thenozzle-pipe of a hydrant with a sewer, so that it may be emptied in cold weather by the means i 10 hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

The object of this invention is to hydrants from freezing.

The drawing represents a sectional side ele vation of the improved hydrant.

In the drawing, A represents the hydrant, of which E, is the nozzle and O the hydrantcasing. D represents the water-main to which the hydrant A is attached.

E represents the water-chamber of the hydrant A, from the outside of which a cylindrical shell, F, extends upward, inclosing the stuffing-box G and gland G, through which the valve-stem H is entered perpendicularly.

l represents the hydrant-cover, designed to be on a-level with the sidewalk.

The valve-stem H is screwthreaded, 'as shown at a, where it passes through the corresponding screw-threaded lower portion of 0 the stuffing box G, and said valve-stem Hcarries fixed upon it a valve, I, that fits into a corresponding valve-seat, 1, formed in the bottom of the water-chamber E, which chamber E communicates directly with the water-main I).

5 On the lowerend ot' the valve-stem H, which extends down through the passage Kinto the waste-chamber L, is another valve, M, that is prevent designed. to fit into a corresponding valveseat, M, in the top of said waste-chamber 'L,

0 so that when the upper valve, I, is opened the lower valve, M, closes and the flow of water is from the main D, through chamber E, passage K, and nozzle B, and when the valve I is closed the valve M is opened, and the flow of 5 water through the hydrant is cut off, and what water remains in the nozzle B escapes through the valve-opening l into the wastechamher'L, and thence through the waste-pipe 0 into the sewer P, so that there will be no water left in the nozzle B to freeze in cold weather, while the water-chamber E is designed to be so far below the surface of the street that the frost will not reach it, hence said hydrant A will always be ready for use.

In warm weather,when it is not necessary to empty the nozzle 13 to prevent its freezing, the valve Q in the waste-pipe 0 maybe closed, thereby preventing escape of water from the chamber L, the-bottom of said waste-chamber L being closed by the screw-cap L. Said valve Q may be regulated by a rod, R, extending upward in the shell F within convenientreach of the operator.

This hydrant is simple and cheap in conslruction, its water and waste chambers and 6 intermediate passages, with their valve-seats and cylindrical shell, being all comprised in one casting.

Having'thu's described myinvention, Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent 1-. The combination, with the nozzle-pipe B, the water-chamber E, and thepassage K under the water-chamber, ofthe stem H, screwing in to stuffing-box G, and carrying valves I M, fitting seats I M, as shown and described, whereby the nozzle-pipe may be emptied in freezing weather by simply screwing down the stem to seatvalve I and unseat valve M, as set forth. Y

2. In a hydrant, the combination, with the nozzle B, passage K, and waste-chamber L, of the waste-pipe 0, provided with valve Q, substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

3. In a hydrant, the combination, with the passage K, of the waste-chamber L, provided with valve opening M, cap L, and waste-pipe O substantially as herein shown and described.

' CHARLES. EBEL. Witnesses:

I. I. SToRER, O. SEnewIoK. 

